A COTERIE OF CONTROVERSIALISTS
An exposition Of the doctrine of the Catholic Church In Matters of controversie.
London.
Printed by Henry Hill, 1686.
[8], 20, 55pp, [1]. Wing B3784A.
[Bound with:] [WAKE, William]. An exposition of the doctrine of the Church of England, in the Several Articles proposed by Monsieur de meaux, Late Bishop of Condom, in his Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholick Church... London. Printed for Richard Chiswell, 1686. [4], xxxvi, 87pp, [1]. With an initial imprimatur leaf. Wing W243.
[And:] [GILBERT, John]. An answer to the Bishop of Condom (Now of meaux) His Exposition of the Catholick Faith, &c. Wherein the doctrine of the Church of Romw Is detected, And that of the Church of England expressed, from the Publick Acts of both churches... London. Printed by H. C. for R. Kettlewel and R. Wells, 1686. [8], 128pp, [4]. With an initial advertisement leaf and two terminal errata and advertisement leaves. Wing G708.
[And:] [JOHNSTON, Joseph]. A vindication of the bishop of condom's exposition of the doctrine of the Catholic Church. In Answer to a Book Entitled, An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Church of England, &c. With a Letter from the said Bishop. London. Printed by Henry Hills, 1686. [2], 222 [i.e. 122]pp, [4]. Wing J871.
[And:] [CLAUDE, Jean]. An account of the persecutions and oppressions of the Protestants in france. London. Printed for J. Norris, 1686. 56pp. Wing C4589.
[And:] [BOSSUET, James Benigne]. A Pastoral Letter From the lord bishop of meaux, to The New Catholics Of his diocess, exhorting them to keep their easter, And giving them Necessary Advertisements against the False Pastoral Letters of their Ministers... London. Printed by Henry Hills, 1686. [2], 37pp, [1]. Wing B3787.
Quarto. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, lettering-piece chipped. Pastedowns sprung.
[Bound with:] [WAKE, William]. An exposition of the doctrine of the Church of England, in the Several Articles proposed by Monsieur de meaux, Late Bishop of Condom, in his Exposition of the Doctrine of the Catholick Church... London. Printed for Richard Chiswell, 1686. [4], xxxvi, 87pp, [1]. With an initial imprimatur leaf. Wing W243.
[And:] [GILBERT, John]. An answer to the Bishop of Condom (Now of meaux) His Exposition of the Catholick Faith, &c. Wherein the doctrine of the Church of Romw Is detected, And that of the Church of England expressed, from the Publick Acts of both churches... London. Printed by H. C. for R. Kettlewel and R. Wells, 1686. [8], 128pp, [4]. With an initial advertisement leaf and two terminal errata and advertisement leaves. Wing G708.
[And:] [JOHNSTON, Joseph]. A vindication of the bishop of condom's exposition of the doctrine of the Catholic Church. In Answer to a Book Entitled, An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Church of England, &c. With a Letter from the said Bishop. London. Printed by Henry Hills, 1686. [2], 222 [i.e. 122]pp, [4]. Wing J871.
[And:] [CLAUDE, Jean]. An account of the persecutions and oppressions of the Protestants in france. London. Printed for J. Norris, 1686. 56pp. Wing C4589.
[And:] [BOSSUET, James Benigne]. A Pastoral Letter From the lord bishop of meaux, to The New Catholics Of his diocess, exhorting them to keep their easter, And giving them Necessary Advertisements against the False Pastoral Letters of their Ministers... London. Printed by Henry Hills, 1686. [2], 37pp, [1]. Wing B3787.
Quarto. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, contrasting calf lettering-piece. Extremities rubbed, lettering-piece chipped. Pastedowns sprung.
A coherent sammelband of six pamphlets occasioned by the accession of James II and the subsequent Catholic controversy generated by his policies.
Highlights include:
An early English edition of French cleric and theologian Jacques- Benigne Bossue'st (1627-1704) popular commentary on Roman doctrine, first translated in 1672. Initially published at Paris in 1670, the succinct treatise, issued as part of Bossuet's designs to convert high- profile Huguenots, was so measured in its tone compared to similar contemporary publications that detractors accused him of having fraudulently diluted aspects of Catholic dogma to suit better suit the Protestant palette. Further editions appeared well into the nineteenth- century.
William Wake's (1657-1737) first major publication, a reply to Bishop Bossuet's Exposition de la doctrine de l'église catholique, that defends the doctrine of the Church of England through underscoring the theological differences between the Protestant ideology and the practices of the Church of Rome.
The first edition in English of French Protestant divine and theologian Jean Claude's (1619-1687) account of the persecuted French Protestants, Plaintes des Protestants cruellement opprimés dans le royaume de France (1686). The work was commissioned by stadtholder William of Orange, who provided Claude with a pension after he had fled to the Netherlands following the Edict of Fontainebleau (1685), which revoked the civil rights of French Protestants and outlawed Protestantism. The book, which includes the text of the 1685 edict, was publicly burnt by the common hangman by order of King James II in 1686 as it contained passages that criticised the king of France.
£ 750.00
Antiquates Ref: 22521
Highlights include:
An early English edition of French cleric and theologian Jacques- Benigne Bossue'st (1627-1704) popular commentary on Roman doctrine, first translated in 1672. Initially published at Paris in 1670, the succinct treatise, issued as part of Bossuet's designs to convert high- profile Huguenots, was so measured in its tone compared to similar contemporary publications that detractors accused him of having fraudulently diluted aspects of Catholic dogma to suit better suit the Protestant palette. Further editions appeared well into the nineteenth- century.
William Wake's (1657-1737) first major publication, a reply to Bishop Bossuet's Exposition de la doctrine de l'église catholique, that defends the doctrine of the Church of England through underscoring the theological differences between the Protestant ideology and the practices of the Church of Rome.
The first edition in English of French Protestant divine and theologian Jean Claude's (1619-1687) account of the persecuted French Protestants, Plaintes des Protestants cruellement opprimés dans le royaume de France (1686). The work was commissioned by stadtholder William of Orange, who provided Claude with a pension after he had fled to the Netherlands following the Edict of Fontainebleau (1685), which revoked the civil rights of French Protestants and outlawed Protestantism. The book, which includes the text of the 1685 edict, was publicly burnt by the common hangman by order of King James II in 1686 as it contained passages that criticised the king of France.
